An institution belongs to the students too.
honestly i was so happy that i was going back to college after already using my golden card to experience college. those precious and memorable time i've spent in class, campus and friend's dorm. i couldn't believe that i was going have the chance to do it again. its like i discovered a time machine and i've picked the part of my life i enjoyed the most. But, (that hated word 'but') the college was competently different and i was disheartened. From the beginning i got the impression that this college was not for the students but a playground for adults where they use us as puppets for their own gain. firstly during the orientation they listed down the rules; that wasn't the the problem the problem was when they stated and i remember it clearly cause it was the first day, "If you think you can't do it, you are welcome to leave." i was disheartened that such an institution which is the most vital part of the education of our country would just tell us to leave. they didnt care if we succeed or learnt anything but they didnt want to bother. the time and effort i had spent to get in that college just crumbled away from those few words. i was an idiot but those words stuck to me and the impression of the college got worse.
they had rules and it was more directed to the female population. while most of us were already matured with our families at home we were treated like middle school children where we were unable to think for ourselves. telling the girls that we were not allowed to wear shorts when the temperature is always at an average of 30 degree Celsius is wrong and plain stupid. teaching the younger girls that they should hide their body and be ashamed of having a female body is a patriarchal imposition that can be termed "archaic" at best. the younger boys seems so eager to tell us what not to wear, thus, giving the message that boys will always be superior to girls. the college lacks understanding in equity.
a student should also know how to be a civilized person and should respect the environment. with this good thinking the students are made to work more than 3 hours in the hot blazing sun every Saturday. if you think that is too little then we also work during our 'club' time. they could have just named it SUPW instead of club. if you still think that is a small amount of time to be toiling in the school campus planting Doma then we also wake u 6:30 AM in the morning twice a week so that our hostels will be so clean that you can lick the floors off along with the cockroaches. On Wednesday you wake up at 6 and after your hostel is clean then you go off to your classes and on Saturday you go off to campus SUPW and just like a robot you are expected to do everything they order you to do which is pasted on the notice board. sometimes, you can do SUPWs in Sunday. oh how thoughtful our college is.
What a wonderful college they want us,the students to buy everything thats why they have used low-quality plastic taps that look like it was made to be played by small children. and if you feel hot please feel free to go to the computer lab where all the ACs are unpulgged and stored for College's Golden Jubliee inaguration. Have a presentation in class you will be accompanied by the lovely music of the construction that just happens to be in progress just outside you classroom.
i know i sound like a spoiled brat who complains a lot and i have complained a lot. that's why i am using this page to say everything for the last time and just shut up cause thats what our society has taught us and apparently it is still taught in our college, to just nod and say yes sir and yes mam.
i hope that a day comes when people realise that an institution/college is a place from where we learn most academically and socially. When we are at that age and surrounded by friends at lease dont be so eager to show the dark side of the world. its a small and precious place that we want to treasure before we are bombarded by job, stress, families and money. For a moment considers the thought that the college is also a place for the students.
Thank you for listening to my rant.
